Google adds more deep-dive potential to Search topics in AI Overviews

• Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search with new features that provide more context about topics being searched about.
• AI Overviews has five updates, including links directly within AI responses, previews of linked websites, links to sources highlighted as subscriptions, links to in-depth articles for further research, and quotes from public forums.
• These new updates come on the heels of Gemini receiving Proactive Assistance and a UI redesign that’s slowly rolling out.

AI is growing smarter, more powerful, and even more helpful by the day — so much so that Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search to provide more context into topics you’re searching about.

Google is sharing the details on five updates it has given AI Mode and AI Overviews within Search. These include providing more links directly within AI responses, giving previews of linked websites when you hover over links on desktop, quotes from social media discussions, links to in-depth articles in response to searches for information about certain topics, and links to news sources that are highlighted as subscriptions.